While Gemma was comatose, her doctors had obviously been unable to tell her. However, the pregnancy entailed some complications, and doctors thought that Gemma needed to have an abortion. Without terminating the pregnancy, Gemma’s doctors wouldn’t be able to operate on her broken back until after she gave birth.

Since Gemma was in a coma and couldn’t make the decision herself, her mother, Julie, had to decide on her behalf.

“So many things went through my head but I wanted to wait until Gemma was awake to make the decision,” Julie said on “This Morning” on ITV, according to the Daily Mail.

When Gemma woke up and her doctors told her she was pregnant, she was quite confused.

The birth went well for both mother and son. Gemma had to wait for months after giving birth before she could finally have her back surgery, but she was optomistic about her future. “Ruben’s my little miracle and I really hope I will one day be able to run around with him,” Gemma said, according to the Daily Mail.

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Gemma chose to keep her son even though giving birth to him would involve incredible pain. I get teary-eyed thinking about her brave decision.

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